SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL TEAMS
END TREMENDOUS SEASONS
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Although they both fell short of advancing to state tournament berths, the 2008 baseball and softball seasons have left their mark on the Lakota East record books. Both programs recently finished their campaigns with regional runner up titles.
It was the baseball teams first appearance in a regional championship losing to Archbishop Moeller in 8 innings on Friday. A sharp line drive that just eluded 2 nd baseman Evin Duslod was all the separated the Hawks from a trip to the Final Four. The Hawks season ended with an overall record of 18-12 and their first ever District Championship.
On Saturday the softball team lost 3-0 to GMC foe Mason, suffering one bad inning when the Comets got all their runs. It was the Lady Hawks first regional title game after three previous semi-final appearances. The girls finished with an overall season record of 22-8 and their 3 rd District Championship.
The baseball team loses 10 seniors to graduation, but will have a strong core of underclassman returnees next season. The softball team graduated only 5 seniors and will return starting pitcher, Hillary Ballinger, catcher, Emily Lafferty, along with 8 returning letter winners including 6 starters.
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EAST ANNOUNCES NEW CROSS COUNTRY COACH !!! |
Adam Thomas will be stepping into some new shoes this coming fall. The former Fairfield High School track and cross country standout will not just be slipping into his usual size 11 ½ running shoes. Thomas has been selected to replace Lakota coaching legend, Jason Lindsey (a.k.a. Dr. of Distance) as East's new head cross country coach. Lindsey announced his retirement last season after a Lakota and Lakota East coaching career that spanned some 30 years.
Finding a replacement for someone like Jason was not an easy task, said East AD Jim Rouff. Adam has been a highly successful athlete both interscholastically and collegiately. Along with his recent high school coaching experience we expect our cross country program to continue to perform well under his leadership.more
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SHEITLIN BREAKS POLE VAULT RECORD
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Lakota East junior Megan Scheitlin did it again! Scheitlin shattered the Lakota East pole vault record with leap of 10 feet at Wednesday nights District Track Championships at Fairfield High School. It was her record to break as she set the previous mark of 9 feet at last year's Coaches Classic.
"Megan has been very consistent, but kind of frustrated lately because she wasn't seeing the improvement that she desired, said East pole vaulting coach Jeff Combs. Most of this was due to a pole that was getting to weak for her. We borrowed poles from the Elder coach that fit her better and she was soaring." Combs added that he believes Megan could add another foot to the record at next weeks regional meet, which would qualify her for State.
Scheitlin finished 2nd at the District meet qualifying her for the Regional competition on Friday, May 30 th.
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ANOTHER DISTRICT TITLE FOR SOFTBALL!!! |
The Lakota East Softball program won their third District title in the last four years with their 2-0 victory over Glen Este last Saturday at Fairfield Middle School. East also won back-to-back District Championships in 2005 and 2006.
The Hawks made a pair of bases loaded walks in the 1 st inning stand up as East pitcher Hillary Ballinger shut down the Trojan offense. more
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BASEBALL WINS FIRST DISTRICT TITLE!!! |
The Lakota East baseball program entered uncharted territory with their 4-0 win against the Centerville Elks on Thursday. With their sweet victory in the district finals they will now advance to a regional semi-final matchup with Vandalia Butler. We're going to enjoy this for now and then start preparing for next week, said East head coach Ray Hamilton. Our kids believed in this and that's why it happened. more
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LEHMAN TO LEAD EAST WRESTLING PROGRAM!!! |
Its now official, Jim Lehman will become the new head coach of the Lakota East Wrestling Program. The Lakota School Board approved Lehman's hiring at their recent monthly meeting. Lehman will succeed Bob Latessa who began the East program when the district split into two high schools 11 years ago. Lehman has been an assistant under Latessa for the past 10 seasons and also teaches in the Business Department at East. My goal is to continue to build upon the amazingly strong foundation that Latessa has built over the past 10 years, said Lehman. I want to not only develop outstanding wrestlers and outstanding wrestling teams at East, but I want to develop outstanding young men. That has always been what East Wrestling is about, and that is going to remain our top priority. more
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BENZINGER NAMED TO GIRLS BASKETBALL HELM!!! |
Todd Benzinger was formally approved at the Lakota School Districts board meeting on Monday evening. He becomes the program's 3 rd head coach following the tenures of Cindy Feltman (6 seasons) and Dave Honhart (5 seasons).
Benzinger most recently guided the Loveland High School girl's program to a record of 30-12 over the past two seasons (17-4 in 2007-08). From 1999-2006 he was the head coach for the Seven Hills girl's basketball team that went 122-47 with 5 Sectional Championships and 2 District Championships. Benzinger played major league baseball for 9 seasons with the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, KC Royals, LA Dodgers and SF Giants. Most notably Benzinger was a member of the 1990 World Champion Cincinnati Reds that went wire-to-wire. He will long be remembered by fans in the Cincinnati area for catching a foul pop-up at first base that clinched the Red's sweep over the Oakland Athletics. East Athletic Director Jim Rouff was also part of that team as the Red's strength and conditioning coach. more
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INFORMATION REGARDING MRSA |
October 23, 2007
Much has been written in the news recently about Methycillin Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA), especially as it relates to schools.
MRSA is not new-it has been around for nearly two decades-and most school districts will experience one or more cases each year. However, it has become a focus in the media because of several extreme and rare cases. More
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Selected photos courtesy
of ODTAA Images, Trimble Photography,SKC Productions and East SID Dan
Hilen |
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FALL SPORTS
CONDITIONING & TRY-OUTS
Times and Dates are subject to change.
Contact Coach for more information.
CROSS COUNTRY Coach Thomas
Conditioning
June
17 & 24 - 7pm @ Fort Liberty
19 & 26 - 7pm @ VOA
30 - 7pm @ Keehner Park
July
Sundays - 7am Fort Liberty Park
Mondays - 7pm @ Keehner Park
Tuesdays - 7pm @ VOA
Wednesdays - 7pm @ Fort Liberty Park
Thurdays - 7pm @ VOA
Fridays - 7am Fort Liberty
FOOTBALL Coach Bailie
FRESHMAN FOOTBALL - Coach Hamilton
Camp Days
7/16-17-18-29 @ East 8a-9:30a
7/19 Miami Passing Tournament
July 28
8a-10a - Camp Day
6:30pm - Tailgate party @ East
7pm - Parent meeting in East Cafe
7/31
Practice begings 8 - 10:30 @ East
GIRL'S GOLF Coach Feltman
Tryouts
8/4 & 7 @ 7:45 @ GreenCrest
8/5 & 6 @ TBA @ Elks
BOY'S GOLF - Coach Combs
Tryouts
8/4-7 @ TBA @ Weatherwax
GIRL'S SOCCER Coach Murray
@ Hopewell Soccer Stadium
Open Fields
6/23-8/1 Mon & Fri - 9:30a -10:45a &
Wed 7p-8:30p
Practice
7/10, 15, 23, 24, 28 from 7p 8:30p
Tryouts
8/4, 5, 6 from 6p-8p
BOY'S SOCCER Coach Landrum
266-5028
Summer Camps @ VOA
Grades 9 & 10 6/16-19 & 23-26 @ 6:30p-8:30p
Grades 11 & 12 7/1417 & 21-24 @6:30p-8:30p
Conditioning
7/28 8/1 @ 6:30 8:30 @ West Freshman
Tryouts
8/4 @ 7:30a @ Metalex
GIRL'S TENNIS - Coach Barnes
Open Courts / Conditioning
June - Tuesdays 6:30p 8p
July - Tues & Thurs - 6:30p - 8p
Tryouts
8/4, 5, 6 from 5p 8p
GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL Coach Iceman
Conditioning
6/16,23,30 7/7 Weight Room - 8a 9a
6/18, 25, 7/2,9 East Track 8a 9a
7/28, 30 & 8/1 - Gym 8a 11a
7/29, 30 Gym - 8a -10a
Practice
7/14, 15, 16, 17 Gym - 9a 12p
Tryouts
8/4, 5, 6 9a 12p
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Athlete Of The Week 05/20/08 |
Alexa Thompson
Junior, Softball
Alexa is a junior on the East girl's softball team. In East's recent win over Kings in the district semi's, Alexa's two-out single in the bottom of the 8 th inning drove home the game winning run that sent the Hawks to the finals. |
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Luke Giddens
Junior, Baseball
Luke is a junior pitcher on the East Baseball Team. In East's District Championship title game he pitched the Hawks to 4-0 win. Luke retired 12 of the last 13 batters he faced while collecting two hits, an RBI and scoring a run. |
| .News Archive |
| 5/08--Blyberg to play baseball at Findlay. more |
| 5/08--Namian to Vassar for lacrosse. more |
| 5/08--Taketa to play lacrosse @ Mercyherst more |
| 4/27--Volleyball wins in 3 over West. more |
| 4/05--Haught-Thompson signs with Lake Forest College for soccer. more |
| 4/03--Ballinger pitches perfect. more |
| 3/19--Weinheimer signs with Cumberland. more |
| 3/12--Gilbert will play football @ Trinity. more |
| 3/12--Williams to walk on at OU. more |
| 2/27--Gymnastics return to state. more |
| 2/14--Bethany Miller signs with Xavier for Soccer more |
| 2/14--Cara Paxson to Mt. Olive for soccer.more |
| 2/14--Stegmaier going to Bowling Green for Soccer more |
| 2/14--Turner to Bowling Green for soccer. more |
| 2/22--6 Wrestlers qualify to districts. more |
| 2/22--Tabor & Yansza off to state again. more |
| 1/28--Cattani signs letter of intent. more |
| 1/15--Gymnastics claim Indian Cup. more |
| 11/20--Darland commits to Malone. more |
| 10/23--Aiden Javed on course for state. more |
| 9/24--Boys Golf repeat as GMC champions! more |
| 9/14--Girls volleyball off to strong start. more |
| 5/21--Boy's Volleyball repeat as regional champions! more |
| 5/17--Scheitlin earns district championship. more |
| 4/18--Mark Hall - Morehead State University- more |
| 4/24--Lisa Murphy -University of Evansville- more |
| 4/20--Nick Proud - University of Cincinnati more |
| 4/18--Rafee Smith - Concord University more |
| 4/18--Andrew Strautman - DePauw University more |
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